Get-SCStorageArray

Get-SCStorageArray

Gets a storage array object.

Syntax

Parameter Set: All
Get-SCStorageArray [[-Name] <String> ] [-All] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: GetConnectableArray
Get-SCStorageArray [[-Name] <String> ] -VMHost <Host[]> [-ConnectedToAllHost] [-FibreChannelOnly] [-iSCSIOnly] [-SASOnly] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: GetVmArray
Get-SCStorageArray [[-Name] <String> ] -VM <VM[]> [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ID
Get-SCStorageArray [[-Name] <String> ] [-ID <Guid]> ] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Get-SCStorageArray cmdlet gets a storage array object from the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) database.

You must install the storage provider on an available computer prior to discovering the storage resources.

For more information about configuring storage, see Configuring Storage in VMM (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=212013) in the Microsoft TechNet Library.

Parameters

-All

Indicates that this cmdlet retrieves a full list of all subordinate objects independent of the parent object. For example, the command Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive -All retrieves all virtual disk drive objects regardless of the virtual machine object or template object that each virtual disk drive object is associated with.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-ConnectedToAllHost

Indicates that a storage array is connected to all hosts.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-FibreChannelOnly

Indicates that only Fibre Channel arrays are returned.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-ID<Guid]>

Specifies the numerical identifier as a globally unique identifier (GUID) for a specific object.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-iSCSIOnly

Indicates that only iSCSI arrays are returned.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of a VMM object.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	1
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-SASOnly

Indicates that only SAS storage arrays are returned.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-VM<VM[]>

Specifies an array of virtual machine objects.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-VMHost<Host[]>

Specifies an array of virtual machine host objects. VMM supports Hyper-V hosts, VMware ESX hosts, and Citrix XenServer hosts.

For more information about each type of host, type Get-Help Add-SCVMHost -detailed. See the examples for a specific cmdlet to determine how that cmdlet uses this parameter.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByValue)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• StorageArray

Examples

Example 1: Get a storage array by its name

This command gets the storage array named SANArray.

PS C:\> Get-SCStorageArray -Name "SANArray"

Related topics

Set-SCStorageArray

Add-SCVMHost